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The Agra Treasure Split

Divide the great treasure among its claimants — and see why every division of it failed.

Jonathan Small put the Agra hoard at half a million pounds. Four signed the pact; more hands reached for it later. Divide it any way you like — the arithmetic always ends the same way it did in the river.

Drawn from The Sign of the Four (The Four Novels, 1890) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Agra Treasure Chase, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.